Fence-making tool



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T. J. ANDRE.

FENCE MAKING TO0L.. v

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF cE.

THOMAS J. ANDRE, OF \VAUSEON, OIIIO.

FENCE-MAKING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 558,468, dated April21, 1896. Application filed February 11, 1896. Serial No. 578,891- (Nomodel.)

of said tie or stay to form a loop similar to that illustrated at 7 inFig. 2.

In order to add to the efiiciency of the tool and adapt it for operationwith rapidity and certainty, I also provide the lever with an extensionat the opposite end from said loop to form a bearing-arm 8, which isadapted to rest against the runner at an interval from the tie or stayand prevent the twisting of the tool. V

In the second step of the operation of twisting by means of the improveddevice, as shown in Fig. 2, the free or outer side of the with the loopin the tie or stay, the other side of said loop 2 and the bearing-armbeing arranged, respectively, upon opposite sides of the plane of therunner in order to form a fulcrum. This arrangement of the parts givesthe operator a purchase upon the loop of the tie or stay suffi cient tocontinue the twisting or coiling thereof with comparatively slightexertion.

In order to provide for coiling the extremity of a tie or stay around arunner when it is impossible to form a loop therein, I provide thebearing-arm of the tool with a transverse perforation 9, which isadapted to be fitted upon the extremity of the tie or stay, as shown inFig. 3.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having claim isl. 'A fence-making tool having alever provided at one endwith an approximately parallel-sided loop, adapted to be engaged at itsclosed end with a wire to be coiled and to bear at its sides against thewire around which the coil is to be formed, substantially as specified.

2. A fence-making tool having a lever provided at one end with anapproximately parallel-sided loop, the sides or arms of the loop and theclosed end thereof being provided with seats for engagement withintersecting wires, substantially as specified.

3. A fence making tool having a lever looped at one end to engagecontiguous por= tions of intersecting wires and having abear- To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. ANDRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wauseon, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Fence- Making Tool, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to fence making tools, and particularly to meansfor twisting or coiling a wire stay or tie-wire around an intersectingportion of a fence, the object in view being to provide a simple,inexpensive, and efficient device which maybe readily manipulated andwhich is adapted to be applied and disengaged with facility.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of a tool constructed inaccordance with my invention applied in the operative position to afence-stay, as in the first step of the operation of twisting a stayaround the runner. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the second step inthe operation of twisting the looped portion of the stay around therunner. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the tool arranged in engagementwiththe extremity of a stay or tie which it is desired to coil around therunner.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The twisting or coiling device embodying my invention consists of alever 1, provided at one end with a loop 2, having approximatelyparallel sides, which are notched, as at 3, to form seats, said seatsbeing preferably arranged upon both sides of the loop, whereby the toolmay be used in either righthand or left-hand work. Said loop is providedat its extremity or closed end with a similar seat 4, and when appliedto a tie-wire or stay in the first step of the operation of coiling thesame around a runner, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the seats 3 in the armsof arranged in engagement with a extremity of stay 6,

described my invention, what I whereby pressure of the lever will causethe upward bending in g-arm to engage one of the Wires at an intervalfrom the loop, substantially as specified.

4. A fence making tool having a lever looped at one end to engagecontiguous portions of intersecting Wires and extended at the other endto form a divergent bearingarm to engage one of the intersecting Wiresat an interval from the loop, substantially as specified.

5. A fence-making tool having a lever looped at one end to engagecontiguous portions of intersecting Wires, and at the other end with anextension forming a bearingarm, said bearing-arm being perforatedcontiguous to its extremity or free end for engagement with theextremity of a Wire to be coiled, substantially as specified.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS J. ANDRE. Witnesses:

H. S. Bnssnrr, HARRY PLANK.

